2020-12-12 09:36:03 GMT2020-12-12 17:36:03(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
KATHMANDU, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- A Royal Bengal Tiger has been spotted at the height of 3,165 meters, for the first time in Nepal, in the forest of Illam district in the eastern part of the Himalayan country.
An adult tiger, the largest species of the Asian big cats, was captured by a camera trap twice on November 13 and November 21 set by Red Panda Network, an organization working in the conservation of the Red Panda, together with Department of Forests and Soil Conservation and Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation.
"This is the first time a wild tiger was spotted at altitude of 3,165 meters in Nepal," Madharu Karki, information officer at the Department of Forests and Soil Conservation in Nepal, told Xinhua. "So far a tiger of this species spotted at the highest altitude was at 2,500 meters in Dadeldhura district in April this year."